Incongruousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incongruous \In*con"gru*ous\, a. [L. incongruus. See {In-} not,
     and {Congruous}.]
     Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of
     harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious;
     inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent;
     improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior,


     action, dress, etc. "Incongruous mixtures of opinions." --I.
     Taylor. "Made up of incongruous parts." --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or
           suitableness of which the taste and experience of men
           takes cognizance.                        --C. J. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Incongruous numbers} (Arith.), two numbers, which, with
        respect to a third, are such that their difference can not
        be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers
        being said to be incongruous with respect to the third;
        as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to
        four.
  
     Syn: Inconsistent; unsuitable; inharmonious; disagreeing;
          absurd; inappropriate; unfit; improper. See
          {Inconsistent}. -- {In*con"gru*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {In*con"gru*ous*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incongruousness
       n : the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and
           inappropriate [syn: {incongruity}] [ant: {congruity}, {congruity}]